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- Dictionarysuspicious/səˈspɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something: "he was suspicious of her motives" Similar Opposite
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SUSPICIOUS definition: 1. making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
The meaning of SUSPICIOUS is tending to arouse suspicion : questionable. How to use suspicious in a sentence.
Definitions of suspicious. adjective. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide. synonyms: leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary. distrustful. having or showing distrust. adjective. not as expected. “ suspicious behavior” synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspect. questionable. subject to question. Pronunciation. US. /səˈspɪʃəs/ UK. /səsˈpɪʃəs/
Suspicious definition: tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable. See examples of SUSPICIOUS used in a sentence.
making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: Her behavior was very suspicious. The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious. It's a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder. There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.
making you feel that something is wrong, illegal or dishonest. Didn't you notice anything suspicious in his behaviour? She died in suspicious circumstances. Police are not treating the fire as suspicious. It might look suspicious if we arrived together. It was all very suspicious. Extra Examples.
If you describe someone or something as suspicious, you mean that there is some aspect of them which makes you think that they are involved in a crime or a dishonest activity.
adj. 1. tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior. 2. inclined to suspect, esp. inclined to suspect evil; distrustful. 3. full of or feeling suspicion. 4. expressing or indicating suspicion: a suspicious glance. [1300–50; Middle English < Latin suspīciōsus] sus•pi′cious•ly, adv. sus•pi′cious•ness, n.
SUSPICIOUS definition: 1. making you feel that something is wrong or that something bad or illegal is happening: 2. not…. Learn more.
definition 1: tending to cause or evoke questions or doubt. These activities carried out in the middle of the night appeared suspicious to the neighbors. synonyms: dubious, questionable.
